by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Involarmi il mio tesoro?
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Involarmi il mio tesoro?
Ah dov’è quest’alma ardita?
Ha da togliermi la vita
chi vuol togliermi il mio ben.
 
M’avvilisce in queste spoglie
il poter di due pupille;
ma lo so ch’io sono Achille
e mi sento Achille in sen.

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